Master in Libraries, Archives and Digital Continuity

En el primer cuatrimestre el alumno debe cursar los 27 créditos de las asignaturas obligatorias comunes a ambos itinerarios. En el segundo cuatrimestre es cuando el estudiante realiza el itinerario especializado, en bibliotecas (asignaturas marcadas como Itinerario 1) o en archivos (asignaturas marcadas como Itinerario 2). En ambos itinerarios debe cursar obligatoriamente los 21 créditos de asignaturas optativas propias del itinerario que elija.
Además, debe cursar, de entre todas las asignaturas optativas que se ofertan entre el primer y el segundo cuatrimestre, un total de 6 créditos. A ello hay que unir los 6 créditos del TFM que debe realizar en el segundo cuatrimestre y que defenderá una vez superados el resto de los créditos de las asignaturas obligatorias (27 ECTS) y optativas (27 ECTS).

Syllabus content

Itinerary 1: "Digital Libraries and information Services"

Itinerary 2: "Archives, Records Management and Digital Continuity"

• (C) Compulsory: 27 ECTS
• (E) Elective courses: 27 ECTS
• (TFM) Master Thesis: 6 ECTS

✎ │All subjects will have a final physical examination that must be done in the facilities of the University at the end of each term or academic year. The classroom exams will be held over one or two days to allow students who live outside the Community of Madrid to attend.

course Programs

◤ Access to previous course programs

GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION

☛ First year offered: 2017

• Information about Master's Degree
• Verification Report

QUALITY INDICATORS

☛ Master's Degree indicators

☛ Labour insertion indicators

PROGRAMME’S QUALITY ASSURANCE

The Academic Committee of the Master’s programme complies with the SGIC-UC3M and it is responsible for the follow-up, analysis, review, assessment and quality of the program, it contributes with proposals to improve the program and produces the “Memoria Académica de Titulación” (Programme Report).

• Academic Committee
• Minutes of the Academic Quality Committee and Programme Reports (Restricted access)

Graduate Profile and Competences

• Graduate profile and competences

Application

The request is made electronically through our application. Before starting the admission process, please, read the following information:

• Documentation that must be uploaded to the on line application
• Calendar and general information about admission 
• Follow the step-by-step instructions in the application for admission

Requirements

Access to the Master will be subject to the requirements established by Royal Decree 1393/2007, modified by Royal Decree 861/2010.

To have an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution belonging to another EHEA member state that entitles them to access Master's degree courses.

For the access of graduates coming from educational systems outside the EHEA, the provisions of article 16.2 of said RD shall be observed.

Admission criteria

Admission will be decided by the Master’s Academic Committee, taking into account the potential of each candidate attending to their motivation and especially to the merits provided in the documentation requested.

The weighting will be carried out as follows:

* Required language level B1 according to the European Framework.

Within the Master's Steering Committee, a Committee will be appointed to decide on the selection of candidates, which will be formed by:

• Master's Director
• Master's Deputy Director
• At least one professor from the departments involved

Language requirements

Check the general language requirements required to study a Master’s at UC3M, depending on whether it is in Spanish, English or bilingual.

students with foreign university degrees

Once admitted to the Master’s, students with university degrees issued by a higher education institution belonging to an educational system outside the EHEA, must provide, for enrolment, the diploma, legalized by diplomatic procedures or by means of The Hague Apostille. They must also submit the transcript of records, with the grade point average, duly legalized.

More information about Legalization of Foreign Documents.

If needed, documents must be accompanied by an official sworn translation into Spanish.

FEES *

2021-2022 Academic year

Reservation fee: €450 

• it will be paid once the student receives notification of admission to the master’s, and deducted from the first tuition payment
• the reservation fee will only be refunded if the master program is cancelled

60 ECTS in the first academic year:

• EU students: €2,701.2 (€45.02/ECTS credit)
• Non EU students: €5,044.2 (€84.07/ECTS credit)

✎│Programme’s fees

NOTE: The enrolment fees do not include the cost of issuing the master’s degree certificate.

* Pending approval by the Community of Madrid for the academic year 21/22

Additional information

• You may enrol on the master’s degree after completing the admission process and receiving formal confirmation of your acceptance.
• When performing the enrolment you can choose between Full-time enrolment or Part-time enrolment.
• The email address provided upon enrolment will be used for formal communications; students are therefore kindly requested to check their mail regularly.
• Pursuant to the regulations of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, a student failing to pay any part of the fees will not be admitted and the enrolment process will be terminated. In cases of cancellation of enrolment due to non-payment, the University may demand the payment of the pending amounts for enrolment in previous academic courses as a prior condition of enrolment.
  No diploma or certificate will be issued if a student has any outstanding payments.

✎│Enrolment master’s programmes

✎│ECTS credits recognition

Best Practices and Regulations

• [+] information
• Student disciplinary system
• Ethical code
• Enrolment and permanence rules
• Master's Thesis rules
• Rules for credits recognition

Links of interest

• Frequenly asked questions
• Combined classroom based and distance study
• Full time/part time studies
• Recordings of guest lectures